Supermarketisation, Agro-Industrial Concentration and the Food System's Shrinking Interstices
Insights From South African Agro-Processing
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4262880 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Andrew Bowman (0000-0001-5132-6121, School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Volumen | 25 |
| Número | 2 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Global Networks (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/glob.12521 |
| OpenAlex | W4407758022 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 55 |
We analyse processes of supermarketisation in South Africa and its implications for inclusion, exclusion and industrial concentration in the mid-sections of agri-food value chains. Empirical material from maize processing shows differentiated impacts accompanying major retailers' growing power and extended reach into the food system's township and rural peripheries. Large firms' co-evolutionary adaptations and constitutive power counteract supermarket buyer power. Smaller firms struggle with adverse incorporation in supermarket supply chains, relying instead on strategies targeting independent wholesale and the informal retail economy. However, this carries major risks, requires complex capabilities and is increasingly threatened by market delocalisation accompanying supermarketisation. Contrary to expectations of retail modernisation enabling inclusive agri-food value chain development by connecting marginalised rural producers to larger urban markets, we highlight the potential for inverse processes whereby 'peripheral supermarketisation' extends the reach of large firms in rural markets and shrinks the 'interstices' incubating small agri-food producers
Agricultural economics · Agricultural engineering · Business · Economic geography · Economics · International trade · Resizing · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Engineering · Global trade and economics · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 4 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |